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134 _ O ZO William H . Ballard then offered an alternative motion for discussion under Article 4 as follows ; " Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to sell the present Town Hall property or any part thereof , on such ter asT449yoog idli.i for ikft i� their dis on R re n or on t on of inn or an ease for such temporary occupancy , and that the Board of Selectmen or a majority of them be and they hereby are authorized to execute and deliver and the Treasurer to counter - sign in the name of and on behalf of the town a deed to the • purchaser thereof . " Robert P . Clapp then offered Mr . 9allard ' s motion as a substitute motion . Daniel J . O ' Connell stated that he did not feel that the bid referred to in Mr . Custance ' s motion was the h' ghest bid that could be received for the property and was very much opposed to passing the vote accepting Mr . Kraetzer ' s bid . He was assured that a larger bid could be obtained but that the form of proposal set forth was such that bids could not be obtained . Remarks were also made by Charles S . Cutter , ':fesley T . Wadman , and Arthur N . Maddison in regard to the motion . Mr . Custance then called attention to the fact that action . should be taken upon Article 3 first . The motion as offerad under Article 3 by Mr . Custance was then read by the Moderator , and was passed by a rising vote of 203 in the affirmative and 11 in the negative . The vote reads as follows ; " Voted that there be raised and appropriated the sum of $ 106 , 500 for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new town office building and to meet said appro - priation there be transferred from General Revenue and Surplus • Account , the sum of $500 , $ 11 , 000 be transferred from the proceedslof of ?e Rindge property and that the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of . $ 95 , 000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor , said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provision of Section 19 , Chapter 44 of the General Laws , so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and selectmen may determine . It is also voted that a SpEecial Building Committee , consisting of Theodore A . Custance , Albert H . Burnham , James G . Robertson , William H . Ballard , Francis Chamberlain , Alb e.rt B . irp nrkp y F�e I R u1 , . ad s r�,* yr or �gi g�T0 a ri , � od e ;a is o-rn ice ft hg a�etb 3 authorized within the sums appropriated , said building to be con- structed substantially in accordance with the plans recommended by Special Committee reporting under Article 2 for the Warrant of this meeting . " The Appropriation Committee approved of the appropriation . Article 4 was then taken up again and .k' rederick L . Emery offered as an amendment to Mr . Clapp ' s substitute motion as follows : " that the present Town Hall property be sold to the highest bidder and that in any event , any sale of the property shall be conditioned upon the demolition of the present building within two years from the transfer of title by the town . " • Mr . Emery ' s amendment was lost by vote of the meeting and Mr . Clapp ' s original motion was passed unanimously .